Max Clifford now arrested for sexual misdemeanours

[DTCwordfan]

Arrested as part of Operation Yewtree - suspicion of sexual offences.

Couldn't happen to a nicer man?

[DTCwordfan]

that is very true, sandy!

[youngmafbog]

The latest to be tried by media no doubt.

Mind you I can't stand this odious t*rd of a man.

No I don't know him personally before the high and mighty get going, but I do know what he is about and I have seen his actions many times.

[emmie]

innocent till proven guilty still works here doesn't it? You may not like him or his profession, but at least wait till he is charged with something.

[Bazile]

What also should not be overlooked here is that , even if these people are found eventually to be innocent ; there is always going remain the stigma of being accused of such a crime , in the first place .

I agree with em10 - whether you like or loathe him , should not be of importance - what is important is whether he is or is not guilty of the accusations

[Baldric]

So Mr. Clifford, do you still think there's no such thing as bad publicity?

[hc4361]

Freddy Starr did not eat a hamster.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/leveson-inquiry/9072308/Leveson-Inquiry-the-truth-behind-Freddie-Starr-ate-my-hamster.html

[jackthehat]

Oh, What a tangled web we weave............

[hc4361]

There seems to be a lot of gloating on social media sites about this news - as if people are pleased he's been arrested.

No mention of his victims suffering, if he is guilty.

[anotheoldgit]

DTcrosswordfan

/// Link provided, ummmm, question was an open one, after all, aren't we supposed to pose a question? ///

And your question was?

/// Couldn't happen to a nicer man? ///

That is a statement not a question.

But "Could it happen to a nicer man"? is.

[DTCwordfan]

Nice to see the pedants are on duty this afternoon.....thanks for that elucidation, AOG!

[emmie]

good point raised, that somehow in all the gloating his victims, if he is guilty, have largely been forgotten, as have any number who had fought injustice long ago against sexual predators.

[Slapshot]

Always comes across as "hollier than thou" when the reality is he's obviously a bit of a slimebag!!!

[FredPuli43]

Max Clifford is a nice man, as it happens [Oops! I mean 'as a matter of fact' ]. Can't blame him for doing his job well; that would be like condemning a defence solicitor or barrister as a bad person because they did their best for their client, who may well be odious.

He advised my ex once, when she was about to divorce the husband after me , a public figure who had the might of a big PR machine behind him. He gave her an hour of his time, all stories on both sides were spiked before publication, and he never even charged her for it. Perhaps that would have been good PR for him, but the for the fact that she was hardly going to publicise it. The one interesting thing he said was that the vast bulk of his time was not spent in publicising people's stories but in stopping stories being published! Cheaper than libel actions and far more effective.

As to the arrest,well,it surprises me a bit, but given what we now know about the entertainment industry and the way life was conducted in it, perhaps it shouldn't.

[berniecuddles]

100% agree with dtcrosswordfan cant stand the bloke!
but innocent till guity!

[dave50]

So all these people who have been allegedly been abuse many years ago are suddenly coming out of the woodwork accusing wealthy people in the public eye. I'm not saying they don't have a case but how is it going to be proved after all these years? After all mud sticks and if it's found there is no case to answer then these people who have been accused will be stigmatised for the rest of their lives.

[jno]

[i] The latest to be tried by media no doubt.
Mind you I can't stand this odious t*rd of a man[i]

So if you don't know him, how do you know how awful he is? Not through what you've read in the media, surely?

[cazzz1975]

indeed, look at what accusations did for john leslie's career!

[murraymints]

whoever next ??

[shaneystar2]

He's very nice to talk to actually.He was a regular customer in a shop I worked in in south London .Came in every week for his bread and cakes and always bought us girls a box of chocs for Christmas .One of my colleagues went to school with him . He adored his wife who sadly died from lung cancer and he has a disabled daughter.I speak as I find .
Trial by media (and AB) again .

[DTCwordfan]

I don't think that it's a trial by AB per se, shaney - I hope not.

The negative being expressed here is generated by the professional image that he has chosen to portray to the public at large, perhaps a disdainful one at times in working for some of his (occasionally morally devoid) clientele.